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16213613

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Thirty-nine Greek dairy herds, totalling 6333 cattle, enrolled in a voluntary bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) eradication programme based on the identification and removal of persistently infected (PI) animals. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalences of BVD antigen-positive and PI animals, and investigate the significance of the associations between the prevalence estimates and herd size. Initially, all animals were bled and examined for BVDV, using an antigen ELISA. A second sample was collected from the positive animals, after a period of at least three weeks. Animals retested positive were classified as PI. Antigen positive and PI animals were detected in all herds. The respective mean prevalences, adjusted for the test's accuracy and the herd-clustering effect, were 14% (95%CI: 11-18%) and 1.3% (0.8-1.8%), respectively. Herd size was not associated with the prevalence of antigen-positive or PI animals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0167-5877
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-9; discussion 215-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence of BVDV infection in Greek dairy herds.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Trikalon 224, GR-43100 Karditsa, Greece. billinis@vet.uth.gr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't